In this course, students will engage with the history, philosophy, art, politics, and poetics of the Middle Ages through a close reading of Dante Alighieri's Commedia, Vita Nova, and other period texts. The course will also briefly consider the monumental cultural heritage that Dante's poem has and continues to produce. In class discussions, students will be expected to know, discuss, and offer interpretations of the text through their own reading and preparation based on notes provided by the instructor. Course will emphasize close reading of primarily poetic texts. This course is taught in English.
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